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WinBuilder - Build Bootable Environments - Author: Nuno Brito
WinBuilder is an universal Windows boot disk builder because it can build boot disks from most
common available sources.
You can create boot disks using Microsoft Windows XP/2003 Install CD's. It is the only project
capable of customizing Microsoft Windows Vista Install DVD's and WAIK (Windows PE 2.0) in a
completely automated way and more projects can be added to support different sources if required.
- UI is very friendly
- Users can freely download and update new scripts from the internet
- Scripts can be configured without needing to edit any code
- Most scripts come included with freeware applications
- Customizable projects, everything can be customized and improved.
- Many built-in tools to edit and create new scripts inside wb
- Much smaller boot-disks and more flexibility to add changes.
- Tool targeted for boot method challenges.
- A very active community
When running WinBuilder for the first time your firewall may ask you if you want it to access
the Internet. No worry, it's a very modern program and you'll see just how well it works when
you let it do so. There are NO suprises nor hidden agendas. No spyware or any other nasties
whatsoever.
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Why WinBuilder? (The practical answer)
WinBuilder does the following:
1) Allows you to properly prioritize scripts, no convulted (AAA_ or ZZZ_) naming schemes.
2) Allows you to see what each item in a list is doing. The scripts written by others
can be modified on-the-fly while you are writing yours if for some crazy reason you need
to for something to work.
3) The .SCRIPT system doesn't confine you to one hierarchy or another.
4) The idea to .script time is extremely short. It doesn't take much to figure out how
to do what you intend to do.
5) .CAB files give the impression that you're assigning someone else's preordained idea to
your XP PE cd. .SCRIPT files, on the other hand, are easily viewable by anyone. It's
quicker for someone to spot a mistake you made and correct it. It's not about glory and
who made what.
6) No dependency checks are necessary, you've got the whole list of what is going on
right in front of you.
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Kindest regards
Ed Jablonowski